Which eccentric cowboy in Stockton County branded Evan Sting on Shotner Hill, murdering the young man? This is what private eye Joe Boxford asks himself when he's hired by Evan's father Benny to find the murderer. Joe needs some help, and enlists the services of Tal Linear, owner of The Linear Bar. But sparks begin to fly between the two. As romance heats up between them, they attempt to solve the branding crime. As the suspects start to pile up and weird relationships unfold in West Stockton, Joe and Tal begin to unravel a heinous crime. That is, until Tal vanishes and Joe thinks his sleuth buddy is going to be the killer's next victim. Does Joe have the skills needed to be a hero and save Tal from the killer's secret agenda and solve the crime? Or will Joe fall flat on his face and lose his reputation as a private investigator as well as his new lover, Tal Linear?

Stockton County Cowboys Book

I had scrawled special notes to myself to visit Bestion Manor and Country Duty. In the meantime, I unfolded other facts about the Colt millionaire. Myer had a chateau in Colorado, another ranch in Napa Valley, California, and sometimes visited his Aunt Bernice in New York City. Never did he put an hour in at Colt Branding as the company’s financing advisor or other attributing position. Rather, I constructed the young man as a playboy of sorts with loads of money, much spirit, and a life of little labor.


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